lawler999

Had no problems with my battery since I fitted the remote battery isolator , will do some more investigation when the weather gets better as to where my drain could be coming from , but it's nice to know I can leave it for months if I want and it will start when needed .

I just couldn't be bothered to take mine in 😂

I agree with mr2lad , your first post on here and your basically putting others down , and then proclaiming to be the saviour of the lexus sc430 . You put lexus on the map ,and helped put the prices up to what they are today 🤣 Next you will be telling us you can cure cancer and turn water into wine .

Congratulations on your purchase , let's see some piccies then

I'll have a word with Juan and find out .

Here's the link for the one I bought if anyones interested . https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/225741715521?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=57riy_92qve&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=484skHs8RUe&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Not used the car for a couple of days , battery was showing 12.7v today when I went out this morning , fuel trims having to be re learnt is a bit of a pain as you can see the mpg is lower but I can live with that .

Always fancied an XK myself , lovely shape , more pics please

I think the auto position is when the column goes in when you take the key out and then resets to the same position when you get back in the car . Techstream should be able to disable the auto function , so you can still manually set the column to where you want it using the buttons and it stays where it is unless you move it yourself .

Battery was fine again today . Car idled OK and shifted OK considering everything had been isolated parameters relearned . I will disable the automatic steering column using techstream as that's a bit of a pain .

Where's the alarm battery back up battery ? That would be protected by one of the fuses in the fuse boxes though so would show up on my tester , still worth disconnecting though .

The one you have showed from halfords is a mechanical isolator switch so you have got to lift the bonnet everytime you want to isolate the battery . This is what I have fitted , it works from a small remote fob. Yes it will isolate your alarm as well , it will isolate everything on the car , these cars just do not get pinched , let's face it most people don't know what they are and they don't make a good getaway car with only 2 doors 😉

I agree finding the parasitic draw would be better but I bought one of these https://cpc.farnell.com/tenma/ten01047/automotive-current-tester-mini/dp/IN05470 and tested every fuse in the car , I tricked the car into thinking the doors were closed and like I said earlier I could only find a 20 milliamp draw. The tool I used seemed to work as i could see the draw on the circuits drop to zero as the car went to sleep . I have heard that you can get a parasitic draw outside of the fuses , like direct from the alternator, but I can't see how , I thought everything on a car went through a fuse ? I have also removed an old tracker that was previously fitted to the car and also removed the alarm sensor under the gear shifter ( which Paul Frost suggested) . I understand the car will have to relearn certain things after being shut down for a few days but that's something I'm going to have to put up with at this moment in time . https://youtu.be/r7m2xiVn_i4?si=lZlHsvntX0RrjzD8

After 5 years ownership and at least 3 good quality batteries I decided to try and find out why my car battery goes flat after being left for a few days especially in the winter . I tried looking for parasitic drain by pulling the fuses one at a time and could only find a 20 milliamp drain , this is supposed to be perfectly acceptable , anything over 50 milliamps is not . So I either went along the battery tender route or battery isolator. I opted for the later and bought a remote battery isolator. It was less than £20 and thought I'll give one a try.I installed it the other day and although it's early days it seems to work perfectly. It's basically a solenoid switch that goes between the negative post on the battery and the battery negative cable . It completely isolates your battery from the car , so your alarm will not work unless you wire it directly to the battery posts . Well after only one night I can tell it works a treat I tested my battery today and it was showing 12.9 , this is that high its still showing the surface charge .

Neil's car is definitely not stock . And is definitely one of a kind , in a real nice way . 152 miles in a year , that's probably lower than what Nick has done in his 🤣

Never known a mil engine light fail an mot

I'm a naughty boy , I tell my insurance no modifications , I would just say that's how I bought the car and thought it was all standard 😂 My car was written off a month after I bought it and the insurance didn't question anything, in fact the assessor spent about 30 seconds looking at the car , basically just looked at the milage .

Bloody hell that's some lurking 😂 Anyway here's the second video taken by Dr Will , from the Lexus meet in Coventry.

I don't want to tempt fate but out of all the cars I have owned the sc is the one I'm least worried about getting pinched. Yes they are rare and parts hard to come by but most thieves want to quickly sell on parts or use the car to repair a written off car . To deter someone taking the car the disk lock is the best , they are very difficult to remove , but due to haven a wooden steering wheel you would need to be carefull putting it on and off again , I think you can get a fabric sleeve to go over the wheel first ,to reduce the risk of damage . Cameras are a waste of time all you see is someone pinching your car , not the best viewing in my opinion . Definitely don't leave a laptop on the passenger seat lol.

Here's mine, which was gratefully copied from Neil's. I basically did what Neil said and it came out just right . Watch till the end as a security guard comes over to see what I'm doing

I can maybe photo shop some repair work to the bumper , but as for the other request, I ain't that good mate .

Mines S17 RMO , its in there somewhere platinum ice ,with the roof down . Neil gets multiple pics because his is special 😂

There you go . If anybody wants any removed for any reason please feel free to ask . Hope it captured the day a little for those who could not make it .